This volume helps prepare therapists and therapists-in-training of all theoretical orientations to acknowledge, accept, and understand their own and their clients' sexual feelings that can occur during therapy. By combining the latest research with theory and practical guidance, this resource provides a systematic, nonjudgmental strategy for the therapist to respond sensitively, therapeutically, knowledgeably, and ethically to erotic feelings in the therapeutic setting.

This book offers new and experienced practitioners alike an informative and practical guide to some of the most challenging aspects of therapeutic work, relationships, and responsibilities.

An invaluable training tool in formal classroom, study group, and one-on-one supervision and learning situations, this book provides nearly three dozen structured learning opportunities that initiate, lend structure to, and foster a process of self- exploration and discovery.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

I. Fundamentals of Exploration and Discovery

Purpose and Plan of This Book

The Topic That Isn't There

Creating Conditions for Learning

Self-Assessment

Awareness of Context

Frequent Reactions to Sexual Feelings in Therapy

Frequent Clues to Unacknowledged Sexual Feelings

II. Passages and Scenarios

Passages

Scenarios

III. Deciding What to Do

Confronting an Impasse

References

Appendixes

Sexual Attraction to Clients: The Human Therapist and the (Sometimes) Inhuman Training System